New Delhi authorities today asked residents of the Indian capital to stay at home for the next weekend as the number of cases quadrupled in one week covid-19.
At the same time, New Delhi Prime Minister Arvid Kezriwal announced that he was infected with coronavirus, a day after he spoke in a campaign without a mask.
The Federal Ministry of Health of India announced today Tuesday that in the past 24 hours 37.379 cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been confirmed across the country and 124 patients have died due to its complications. covid-19.
This is the highest number of infections reported since the beginning of September, as the most infectious variant Omicron is rapidly overtaking the Delta and is becoming more prevalent, especially in the capital. However, the Indian authorities state that the number of hospitalizations has not increased at present.
More than 4.000 new cases are reported daily in New Delhi covid-19 and Deputy Local Government Chief Manis Cisondia said that although most patients have mild or no symptoms and recover quickly, residents will need to stay home on Saturdays and Sundays to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
At the same time, on weekdays, most companies will have to ensure that half of their staff work from home, he added. He also asked those who are mildly ill to stay at home, if possible, so that hospitals can take care of the most serious cases.
Kerzual, who spoke during a campaign in Utarahad state, said on Twitter that he was isolated at home with mild symptoms, and asked people he had contacted in recent days to do the same and get tested for covid-19.
Neither Curzual nor the people who appeared with him at the rally wore masks.
Facebook user Abhishek Singh posted a message on Kerzual's official page, asking the Prime Minister of New Delhi to consider his behavior. "When you are alone, try to watch your own videos on how to be careful, wear a mask and avoid crowded public places," he wrote.
Huge rallies in India last year contributed to the rapid spread of the delta strain, with the country recording hundreds of thousands of new cases every spring. covid-19.
With elections looming in many states in India, scientists and citizens are worried about the impact that large pre-election rallies will have on the outbreak of the epidemic. According to press reports, a court in the most populous state of India, Uttar Pradesh, has asked the authorities to delay the elections.
The federal government has recommended to local authorities to impose restrictions on the movement of citizens when more than 5% of diagnostic tests are positive. In New Delhi this limit was exceeded yesterday Monday, when 6% of the tests performed were positive.
Overall, the positive rate in India has almost tripled since the beginning of November to reach 3,24% today, and some cities have already suspended schools.
With 482.017 deaths out of a total of 34,96 million recorded infections since the outbreak of the new coronavirus in its territory, the subcontinent of 1,3 billion inhabitants records the fourth heaviest death toll in the world in the United States, behind Russia and Brazil, and the second highest number of cases in the world, after the US, at least according to official data.
Source: RES-EAP